Matthew 14:5

A Conservative Version

And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet.

Cross References

Matthew 21:26

But if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.

Matthew 11:9

But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

Acts 5:26

Then after departing, the captain with the subordinates brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they would be stoned.

Acts 4:21

And they, having further threatened, released them, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people. Since all glorified God for that which happened.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are convinced John is a prophet.

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him.

Jeremiah 26:21

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the rulers, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death, but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.